Listen to Nick Saban preview Mississippi State on ‘Hey Coach!’

It had a 7-2 record entering Saturday, but its best wins of the season was against a struggling Auburn.

The game will be televised live on CBS with Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Allie LaForce handling the call.

“Everybody’s got to focus and get prepared to do the best job to play even better in (the Mississippi State) game”, Saban said. Yet, he still managed to make the most of it with a 74-yard run in the second quarter.

Except Alabama. And after a nightmare final game against the Tide, he’ll stay winless against them.

Alabama continues to roll as well, having won their sixth-straight last weekend against a top-ranked LSU team.

This Saturday’s showdown between the two teams won’t have the hype surrounding it that last year’s game did, but it’s still an important matchup. The Tide will take a win away from Starkville this week: 31-17. “Those are huge turning points in the game”. He skirted outside, turned the corner, and was scarcely touched by a Bulldog defense that had stuffed him up the middle earlier in the day.

Update at 5:40 p.m. ET: Nick Saban said Kenyan Drake looks to have broken his right arm, though the team will do X-rays after the game. Alabama had 434 total yards. When Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott left tire tracks on the Alabama front in New Orleans this past January, suddenly its physicality was in question as well. Only LSU has been able to come out of Starkville with a victory this season, but it was a close contest at 21-19. They still have Arkansas and Ole Miss the next two games. If the Bulldogs put it on the ground they can probably forget it. Missouri (4-5, 1-5). 13.

In Baton Rouge, the Tigers have lost only twice to the Razorbacks, holding an 11-2-1 lead, Arkansas’ last win coming in 2007. Neither team scored in the fourth quarter.

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Alabama is outscoring teams 33-16 this season. Alabama is #7 in points allowed and #45 in scoring. He completed just 22 of 43 passes and constantly had to deal with Alabama’s defense in his face. It’ll take our A game to win, we’ll see if the Bulldogs can pass the test. Alabama is 52/144 on third and fourth down conversions and opponents are 47/151. The Bulldogs picked up the first down, but Alabama hit the quarterback two more times in the backfield to end the opening possession. The Crimson Tide have four pick sixes and a punt return for a touchdown this season. Coker finished 15-of-25 with 144 passing yards, one touchdown and one interception. His is the Bulldogs leading rusher with 418 yards – about 200 more than any Bulldog running back. He is questionable with a head injury. Damien Harris has 31 carries for 105 yards. Richard Mullaney has 27 catches for 258 yards and 3 touchdowns.

On Chris Black: Saban hasn’t talked to the doctor yet, but thinks he will be out for the season.

They key to dismantling Prescott will be to stifle the run game in order to pressure Prescott into making poor decisions.

Peters was a standout safety and one of the top recruits in the state of MS and at the safety position but this tribute to his fallen teammate shows his heart is just as big as his talent on the field. He needs 66 yards passing today to become the 12th Football Bowl Subdivision player with 8,000 yards passing and 2,000 yards rushing.